Le Sanglier
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Everything posted by Le Sanglier
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Exactly:001_smile:
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I would say the détails are unlikely to be as per this reporting.
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Is Redwood a sought after timber? (Good pics BTW)
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I've been quoting jobs a long time, sometimes you get them when you feel you may have been too pricey, then you go tight on a job to get it and lose it by a mile. Just before I moved out here (8 years ago) I was quoting work and telling people basically I couldn't care less if I got it or not as I was emigrating, I never had such a high take up rate, people smell desperation and (to a certain extent!) want you if they think you don't care too much if you get the job 'cos you are busy or similar. That's human nature I guess.
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Worst thing about that is the mud on the branches etc, like the man says...best out of it.
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I expect they got a grab lorry, stick it in the back squash it down bury it.
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There is a couple of long standing threads on here, use the search bar you'll find all the latest.
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Good pics, they wouldn't be doing it today that's for sure!
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How does this look for a first climbing kit?
Le Sanglier replied to LewisPH's topic in Climbers talk
That looks a good deal, plus common sense, too many newbies try to walk before they can run and get hung up on shiny gear. Harness, prussiks, lanyard, rope. All you need for starters. (And spikes, but they can wait I guess) -
How does this look for a first climbing kit?
Le Sanglier replied to LewisPH's topic in Climbers talk
Get a shorter length of rope as well, 15 to 20 mtrs. Nothing shouts "Newbie" more than spending all day untangling 160ft of rope up a 40 ft tree. Oh and spikes. -
Best way to judge weight of what we lower
Le Sanglier replied to treemanG's topic in Rigging and roping
The obvious answer is common sense and experience as previously stated. Another factor can be if in leaf or not, some species like maples and some pops in full leaf can "float" down onto the strain point considerably reducing shock loads. I guess the load is never heavier than the point where the rope initially takes the strain and this can make a big difference. Not strictly relevant I know but it's raining all day and I'm fed up painting the hallway. -
I think that if he did it on a Saturday afternoon playing sport you would be paying sick pay regardless.
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I cannot see how he would have the right to instantly dismiss a bloke for doing his friends and family's trees at the weekend, same for every industry? Can a mechanic not fix his family's cars?
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What an odd post! Of course he can do his own work at the weekends, everyone started that way surely? Not bad form at all, some employers I have known happily hire gear out to trusted blokes at the weekend.
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You hardly touched it you hippy.
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Ha ha, I like your style! That's more of a light thin though.
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I like it! As previously described I would say the crossing branch/epicormic stuff was termed a crown clean, but if I'm wrong then I'm wrong.
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Tomayto Tomarto! It's all semantics. Anyway I will bow to the modern terminology.
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I would say basically they are the same things, Prune/reduction/trim, all mean "Make smaller"
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Fair enough, but would you shell out for it?
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I've learnt to live with the disappointment:001_smile:
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You're the expert, it's just that if you had to bring some kind of lorry/hiab or tractor thing any distance to pick up one piece like that it'd cost more in diesel. I know what they would say here!
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Log it, split it, burn it.
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I can read well enough and no I've never had a 935, but if they're so great why haven't all the other manufacturers caught on? They continue to stupidlly add that superfluous bottom roller. The fools!
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Oooops! I bought a single roller machine once, never again! I reckon he's dropped a bollock there. There's a reason nearly all machines have two, and I suspect in the coming weeks he'll find out.
